Presolicitation

Yao Dredge Crane Service

Department of the Interior

AI summaryThe Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Area Office plans to buy crane services to move the approximately 95,000-pound Imperial Dredge center tank from River Mile 33 Backwater, Arizona, to the Laguna Field Office, California. This is a presolicitation notice for a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) purchase order set aside for small business. A solicitation will not be posted to SAM.gov; small businesses ask the contract specialist for it. More in the summary

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The Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Area Office plans to buy crane services to move the approximately 95,000-pound Imperial Dredge center tank from River Mile 33 Backwater, Arizona, to the Laguna Field Office, California. This is a presolicitation notice for a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) purchase order set aside for small business. A solicitation will not be posted to SAM.gov; small businesses ask the contract specialist for it.

Who can bid

Small business (100% small business set-aside)

How to submit: Request a copy of the solicitation from the contract specialist listed in the notice; quotations come in response to that solicitation. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.

Things to watch (5)

From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.

Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can receive this award.
Serious: Solicitation not posted on SAM.gov. You must contact the contract specialist to get the solicitation, and the Government says it will ask at least three sources for quotations.
Worth checking: No response date on SAM.gov. SAM.gov gives no response due date. The notice gives an anticipated award date of 11/16/2026 but no date for quotations.

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Worth checking: Heavy lift in two states. The job needs a crane able to lift about 95,000 pounds and work at a river backwater site in Arizona and a field office in California.
Worth checking: Davis-Bacon wages likely apply. Federal construction over $2,000 in the U.S. pays at least the Davis-Bacon wage rates in the wage determination attached to the solicitation. This summary doesn't name one: find it on SAM.gov and price your labor from it.

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What they want

Provide a crane, qualified crane operator, rigging, rigger, lift supervisor and incidental services
Lift and load the approximately 95,000-pound dredge center tank onto a Government-owned truck/trailer in Arizona
Offload the center tank at the Laguna Field Office in California
Work follows the Performance Work Statement (PWS: the document describing the work)

Contract type: Firm-fixed-price purchase order
Period of performance: December 15, 2026, through March 1, 2027
Place of performance: Loading location: River Mile 33 Backwater, Arizona. Unloading location: Laguna Field Office, California.
Estimated value: Not stated
How to submit: Request a copy of the solicitation from the contract specialist listed in the notice; quotations come in response to that solicitation

Not in the notice text

The solicitation and the Performance Work Statement are not posted on SAM.gov; the notice says to request them from the listed contract specialist.
The date quotations are due, how they are evaluated and how to submit them are not stated.
Estimated value is not stated.
The notice does not say whether there is a site visit.

Eligibility and how to respond

Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238990
How to submit, from the AI summary: Request a copy of the solicitation from the contract specialist listed in the notice; quotations come in response to that solicitation. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.

Notice details

Posted: Oct 16, 2026
Notice type: Presolicitation
Office: Reclamation Contracting Activity, Denver, CO
Product/service code: W038 · Lease or Rental of Equipment – Construction, Mining, Excavating, and Highway Maintenance Equipment
Business type: Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238990)
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Past awards and competition

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Before you respond

Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside

Full notice text from SAM.gov

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE - CRANE SERVICES This is a presolicitation notice prepared in accordance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), FAR Part 5, Publicizing Contract Actions, and FAR 12.201-1(c)(2), for commercial acquisitions at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). In accordance with RFO FAR 12.201-1(c)(2), the Government intends to solicit quotations directly from suppliers for this acquisition. The Government intends to solicit quotations from at least three sources for a firm-fixed-price purchase order. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED TO SAM.GOV Anticipated Award Date: 11/16/2026 Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Office: Yuma Area Office (YAO) Set-Aside: 100% Small Business Set-Aside Period of Performance: December 15, 2026, through March 1, 2027 Place of Performance: * Loading Location: River Mile 33 Backwater, Arizona. * Unloading Location: Laguna Field Office, California. Description of Requirement: The Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office, requires crane services to support the relocation of the Imperial Dredge from River Mile 33 Backwater, Arizona, to the Laguna Field Office, California. The contractor shall provide a crane, qualified crane operator, rigging, rigger, lift supervisor, and incidental services necessary to safely lift and load the approximately 95,000-pound dredge center tank onto a Government-owned truck/trailer at the Arizona location and offload the center tank at the California location, in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Interested small businesses may request a copy of the solicitation by contacting the listed contract specialist.

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